1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1934 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men    
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Javelin throw men
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 8 and 9 September 1934.[1]

Medalists

Gold Miklós Szabó
 Hungary
Silver Mario Lanzi
 Italy
Bronze Wolfgang Dessecker
 Germany

Results

Final

9 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Miklós Szabó  Hungary 1:52.0 NR
2nd Mario Lanzi  Italy 1:52.0
3rd Wolfgang Dessecker  Germany 1:52.2
4 Eric Ny  Sweden 1:52.4
5 Erik Wennberg  Sweden 1:53.1
6 Kazimierz Kucharski  Poland 1:53.4 NR
7 Raymond Petit  France 1:54.0
8 Pierre Hemmer  Luxembourg 1:55.8 NR
9 Jean Keller  France NT

Heats

8 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Erik Wennberg  Sweden 1:58.7 Q
2 Miklós Szabó  Hungary 1:58.9 Q
3 Pierre Hemmer  Luxembourg 1:59.1 Q
4 Ademar Jürlau  Estonia 1:59.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wolfgang Dessecker  Germany 1:57.0 Q
2 Kazimierz Kucharski  Poland 1:57.5 Q
3 Jean Keller  France 1:57.6 Q
4 Evzen Rosický  Czechoslovakia 1:57.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mario Lanzi  Italy 1:51.8 Q
2 Eric Ny  Sweden 1:53.0 Q
3 Raymond Petit  France 1:55.3 Q
4 Georg Puchberger  Austria 1:57.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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